Just been reading this forum. We have several friends who spend about 6 months in Florida. They pay about £400 - £500 for travel insurance which they purchase in the UK. We, however, are friendly with an English couple who have, virtually, lived in Florida for around 4 years on B1/B2 visas. They go back for a couple of weeks to the UK and also go for a couple of weeks to stay with their son in Canada and for the rest of the year they live in their Florida home. They own a tiny flat in England that they use as their 'permanent' address. I have always been amazed that they get away with it, but they do. They are not bothered about medical care as they seem to be very wealthy, I think he was in the oil business in the middle east. So it seem to be possible, but I doubt that I would get away with it, probably get caught out.

Andrena